Marie-Thecle MERCIER

(b. 15 January 1736 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 17 February 1807 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Thecle MERCIER was born 15 January 1736 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Marie-Thecle MERCIER was the child of Joseph MERCIER and Elisabeth-Angelique LEBRUN dite CARRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Pascal MERCIER and Madeleine BOUCHER (maternal) Noël LEBRUN dit CARRIER and Anne BROCHU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Thecle married Louis-Alexandre MARCOUX 12 November 1753 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Louis-Alexandre MARCOUX was born 24 August 1730 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Louis-Alexandre died 7 February 1814 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Louis-Alexandre was the child of Noel MARCOUX and Marguerite-Madeleine BELANGER.

Marie-Thecle MERCIER died 17 February 1807 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Thecle MERCIER married

Louis-Alexandre MARCOUX-- Date: 12 November 1753 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France
Louis-Alexandre MARCOUX was the child of Noel MARCOUX and Marguerite-Madeleine BELANGER

Children of Louis-Alexandre MARCOUX and Marie-Thecle MERCIER:

Madeleine MARCOUX (b.7 January 1759, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 24 December 1824, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Barthelemy LAINESSE dit LALIBERTÉ (LAINÉ) 7 July 1778 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Michel MARCOUX (b.2 October 1760, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada d. , )
m. Marthe LARRIVEE 1 April 1788 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marc MARCOUX (b.26 October 1763, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 November 1840, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne TANGUAY 22 April 1788 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Angélique MARCOUX (b.9 March 1774, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph GAGNON 2 August 1791 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1736 Birth
15 January 1736
Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thecle MERCIER and Louis-Alexandre MARCOUX 12 November 1753, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

She was 17 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Madeleine MARCOUX was born 7 January 1759, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thecle was 22 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Michel MARCOUX was born 2 October 1760, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thecle was 24 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Birth of Child
Marc MARCOUX was born 26 October 1763, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thecle was 27 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique MARCOUX was born 9 March 1774, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thecle was 38 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1778 Marriage of Child
Madeleine MARCOUX married 7 July 1778, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Louis-Barthelemy LAINESSE dit LALIBERTÉ (LAINÉ)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Michel MARCOUX married 1 April 1788, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Marthe LARRIVEE

1788 Marriage of Child
Marc MARCOUX married 22 April 1788, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne TANGUAY

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique MARCOUX married 2 August 1791, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Joseph GAGNON

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)